QUILTS & FABRIC: PAST & PRESENT

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Stripes in Civil War Homefront

Every Civil War reproduction collection needs a stripe or two.

Detail of the tintype I use in my banner shows a neat striped dress and tie from the 1860s.

Stripes large and small were popular throughout the 19th century for clothing. The sisters above were probably photographed in the 1870s. The woman below wears the silhouette of the 1860s. Extra stripes were added with appliqued ribbon.

Border prints were a popular style of stripe.

And if you didn't have stripes you could make them yourself.

She must have heard that vertical stripes were figure flattering---but not in this case.

Prussian blue stripe were particularly popular for clothing and quilts right before the Civil War. This striped basket in a striped set is from a quilt dated 1858.

I have two stripes in my Civil War Homefront collection for Moda. The smaller one above is named Pumpkin Seed Button and the larger stripe below is Hickory Hoops.

7 comments:

I always love reading your blog. I have a question. A friend said that she thought borders on quilts were more modern. I've never thought about this. When did quilts begin to have borders as we know them now?

I still love stripes. It must have be so wonderful when cotton fabric became affordable and so wondrously printed. If only they had soap other than lye soap. Did they wash cotton dresses like everything else, by boiling and using lye soap. No wonder there are very few cotton dresses remaining from that time.

I love the look of antique quilts, and am collecting a lot of the reproduction fabrics. However I've used up the indigo. Are you making more? How about the cadet blue? Love those and need them. As well as good reds for log cabin centers.

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